Four Hong Kong ‘Occupy’ leaders jailed for 2014 democracy protests

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HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court jailed four leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy protests yesterday amid heightened concerns over the decline of freedoms in the city nearly five years after activists took to the streets in mass protests. The sentencing of the nine activists...

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court jailed four leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy protests yesterday amid heightened concerns over the decline of freedoms in the city nearly five years after activists took to the streets in mass protests.

Law professor Benny Tai, 54, and retired sociologist Chan Kin Man, 60, were both jailed for 16 months for conspiracy to commit public nuisance tied to the protests that paralysed parts of the Asian financial centre for 79 days in late 2014 and became known as the Umbrella Movement.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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